Kamal Artin, MD, Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
BioPsychoSocial Medical Office, Inc.

4482 Barranca Pkwy, Ste 130, Irvine, CA 92604 Tel  (949) 451-1789 Fax  (949) 451-1431
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Biography:

I left Kermashan (in Iranian Kurdistan) for Europe in 1983. Upon completion of medical school and a dissertation in psychiatry at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, I joined the University of California, in San Diego, first as Research Associate and then as an intern in a dual family medicine-psychiatry program, which I found too broad to master!

I then transferred to a single psychiatry program at Johns Hopkins University. Upon completion of  psychiatry residency, I joined the University of Southern California as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

While in private practice, I was attending psychiatrist at St. Joseph Hospital and psychiatry consultant at Irvine Regional Hospital for about two years. Since July 2003 I have been in Private Practice in Orange County, California.

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Clinical Approach:

A thorough psychiatric evaluation and care is usually multidimensional. As a student of Professors Paul McHugh and Phillip Slavney at Johns Hopkins University, I have learned to consider disease, temperament, behavior, and life story to be important factors in psychiatric evaluation and treatment.

The consistency or reliability of various theories on mental health are valuable; yet, I doubt the full validity of any single theory in practice and prefer a biopsychosocial or eclectic approach.

While I appreciate an old tradition of "good words, thoughts, and deeds", I utilize contemporary methods to understand and treat my  patients' difficulties with their feeling, thinking, and behavior.

Patients are referred to us for:

  • Differentiation of mental distress based on disease, behavior, temperament, and life experience

  • Major Mental illness such as Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, etc.

  • Behavior disorders such as addiction to alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, etc.

  • Personality vulnerabilities such as as avoidance, suspiciousness, impulsivity, intellectual disability, etc.

  • Life challenges  such as Adjustment disorder, Demoralization, Post traumatic stress disorder, etc.

  • Treatment with psychopharmacology, supportive, cognitive-behavioral, and insight oriented psychotherapy or a combination of these

Presentations for professionals and general public in following areas:

  • The Role of Disease, Behavior, Personality, and Life Story in Psychiatry

  • Mood and Creativity, and Treatment Response

  • When Temperament or Character is Disordered

  • Differentiating Mood and Personality Disorders

  • Individual vs. Society, a Comparative Analysis

  • Person, People, and the Mind

  • Ocean and Emotion

  • Medical/Political Satires

Upcoming presentation: Form Conception to Election

  • A thought provoking, entertaining, and educational program

  • A semi-fictional psychiatric case of a sad, a mad, or a holy man

  • A satirical perspective on holiness, holes, and conception

  • The role of affection as a base for conception

  • The link between conception and character

  • Cues to recognize short of base (sob) characteristics before election

This is an out of box thinking presentation. An open mind, free spirit, and some background in medical or social sciences is needed to enjoy the show. Tickets: $20.00 to $50.00. To make a reservation for the next event please call 949-451-1789.

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